Unit 03 Music Lesson 8 Looking back project

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Dangdut (pronounced /dɑːŋ.ˈduːt/) is a genre of 
Indonesian folk  and traditional popular music that is 
partly derived from Hindustani, Malay, and Arabic music. 
Dangdut is a very popular genre in Indonesia because of 
its melodious instrumentation and vocals. Indonesians 
dance in somewhat similar to the ghoomar while 
listening to dangdut music, but in a much slower 
version.Dangdut features a tabla and gendang beat.



Dangdut really has strong Indian music influence from the 
basis of harmony, instrument, beat, and rhythm. One of the 
most populous Dangdut musicians and singers such as 
Rhoma Irama, known as the King of Dangdut; Mansyur S.; 
Meggy Z; and Ellya Khadam include strong Indian-music 
influence in the basis of harmony, theme, and beat to their 
songs and also by other popular dangdut singers also.
Dangdut is very popular throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Singapore, Brunei, and other Malay-speaking lands.



A dangdut band typically consists of a lead singer, male or
female, backed by four to eight musicians. Instruments
usually include a tabla, gendang, flute, mandolin, guitars,

sitar, drum machines, and synthesizers. The term has been
expanded from the desert-style music to embrace other
musical styles. Modern dangdut incorporates influences from
Middle Eastern pop music, Western rock, house music,
hip hop music, contemporary R&B, and reggae.
The popularity of Dangdut peaked in the 1990s. By 2012, it
was mostly popular in the western parts of Indonesia and
not in the eastern parts, apart from Maluku.


The term dangdut is a Javanese language onomatopoeia for the
sound of the tabla (also known as gendang) drum, which is written
dang and ndut. It was reportedly coined by music magazine Aktuil,
although Rhoma Irama stated that it was coined as a term of derision
by the rich to the music of the poor. Despite its derogatory intent, it
was seized upon by those playing it, and the term appears in Rhoma's
1973 dangdut classic Terajana:
Sulingnya suling bambu - The flute, a bamboo flute
Gendangnya kulit lembu - The drum, from cow hide
Dangdut suara gendang rasa ingin berdendang - Dangdut's drum
sound makes you want to sing
Dangdut as a term distinguished the music of Javanese from the
Orkes Melayu of North Sumatran Malays.